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Shorris has a limited background in development and real estate but has worked with the industry in the past.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 22, 2026

"The M4 is like a background murmur, you get used to it," added the property developer.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2026

Security issues at the Louvre had been pushed to the background in recent years, a parliamentary commission on the security of museums in France said in mid-May.

From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026

But the matches were background noise in our living room during family parties as we splashed around in the swimming pool at our Anaheim home.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2026

Of course, they must have passed through extensive background checks to get their positions, but it was still possible.

From "City Spies" by James Ponti

These clashes don’t mean that Americans from divergent backgrounds can never find common ground.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

He or she was to “implement and study innovative approaches for building research capacity in order to engage and retain students from a range of institutions and diverse backgrounds in STEM.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026

Her call for Americans of all backgrounds to protect public religiosity “in all its specificity and messiness” reflects our best traditions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 21, 2026

But Clive Lawrence says an honours system which reflects a wider range of backgrounds is a way to "send a powerful message that it is contribution, not circumstance, that truly matters".

From BBC ● Jul. 19, 2026

The Instagram contained no real pictures, only quotes rendered in typewritery fonts with soft-focused, crumpled-paper backgrounds.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green